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![[View from Pratt Avenue]](umhpics/housefront.jpg)
The porch and front portion of the house date from 1888.
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![[Conversation by the water cooler]](umhpics/porchtalk.jpg)
The porch with its wicker furniture is at the very centre
of Chautauqua life. |
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![[Looking past congregation to front of chapel]](umhpics/inchapel.jpg)
Everyone is welcome at the chapel service each Sunday morning during
the summer season.
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![[Singing from music stand]](umhpics/juanita.jpg)
Juanita Jackson sings at a Sunday chapel service; Janet Fitts
is at the organ. |
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![[UM banner visible on the side wall]](umhpics/afterchapel.jpg)
Fellowship begins in the chapel after the Sunday 9:30 a.m. service . . .
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![[Crowded, some sitting, some standing]](umhpics/porchcrowd.jpg)
. . . and continues afterwards on the porch. |
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![[Smiling couple]](umhpics/richards.jpg)
Rev. Bob Richards, president of UM House, poses with his wife, Nancy.
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![[Trio sitting on the porch sofa]](umhpics/minnagh.jpg)
Lois Minnagh, right, has been a supporter of the House for decades
and formerly served on the board. |
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![[Familiar faces by the front door]](umhpics/porchtalk2.jpg)
Old friends meet every summer on the porch . . . and newcomers
quickly become old friends.
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![[Four people around a card table]](umhpics/dominoes.jpg)
If there's ever a pause in the Chautauqua program, the porch
is a good place for games. |
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![[Posing around the punch bowl]](umhpics/porchladies.jpg)
Groups from UM churches in New York and Pennsylvania
host the Tuesday social hours.
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![[Fists pumping, energetic delivery]](umhpics/womack.jpg)
Rev. Paul Womack of Chautauqua's Hurlbut Memorial Community
Church speaks in the House's chapel. |
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![[Bright inside, dark through the windows]](umhpics/parlor.jpg)
In cool or wet weather the parlor is the place for conversation.
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![[Big smiles]](umhpics/getman.jpg)
Hazel and Jack Getman, long-time supporters of the House,
celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. |
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![[In the background, Maranatha House across the street]](umhpics/porchtalk3.jpg)
Karen Douds, the UM House hostess (center), welcomes friends
to the porch.
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![[US and Christian flags visible at the entrance]](umhpics/house-side.jpg)
Anyone walking from Bestor Plaza at the center of Chautauqua
will see the House from this angle. |